Summary: Matt LeBlanc plays an old-school guy confronting the modern challenges of parenting, marriage, and family. After hitting a rough patch with his construction business, Adam's wife, Andi, has proposed they start a house-flipping business together along with his brother, Don, and friend, Lowell. In the midst of all this, Adam also has to juggle his three children and deal with his sister-in-law,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MANCarey, Edward
Summary: "In the small Tuscan town of Collodi, a lonely woodcarver longs for the companionship of a son. One day, "as if the wood commanded me," Giuseppe--better known as Geppetto--carves for himself a pinewood boy, a marionette he hopes to take on tour worldwide. But when his handsome new creation comes magically to life, the woodcarver screams at him . . . and the boy, Pinocchio, leaps from his arms...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARSummary: "Sean Finnerty is a young dad trying to raise three kids while keeping his beautiful wife, overly critical father and loitering brother at bay. Married at 18, Sean works in construction in New York City while dealing with his now 14-year-old daughter and two young boys who attend Catholic schools. Enjoy this light-hearted comedy which tackles the tough role of being the young, cool dad, while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Mill Creek Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GROSummary: Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is left to care for the kids while Helen (Elastigirl) is out saving the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Barry, Dave
Summary: In uproarious, brand-new pieces, Barry tackles everything from family trips, bar mitzvah parties and dating (he's serious about that title: "When my daughter can legally commence dating--February 24, 2040--I intend to monitor her closely, even if I am deceased") to funeral instructions ("I would like my eulogy to be given by William Shatner"), the differences between male and female...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 306.85 BAREarhardt, Ainsley
Summary: A celebration of the enduring power of love, told in lullaby form. The author shares her own hopes and dreams, and lets her child know that whatever challenges life brings, "Before you were born, Before you came to be, I dreamed a love song..." and "Take heart, my child, I will-- or, my love will-- always be there for you." It's a universal message, one that all readers will relate to. This...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE EARMills, Claudia.
Summary: Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD Fiction Mills 2010Simsion, Graeme C.
Summary: Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back in Australia after a decade in New York, and they're about to face their most important challenge. Their son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he's socially awkward and not fitting in. Don's spent a lifetime trying to fit in, so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs? The Hudson Project will require the help of friends old and new, force Don to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Text Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIMCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIMSummary: Matt LeBlanc plays an old-school guy confronting the modern challenges of parenting, marriage, and family. After hitting a rough patch with his construction business, Adam's wife, Andi, has proposed they start a house-flipping business together along with his brother, Don, and friend, Lowell. In the midst of all this, Adam also has to juggle his three children and deal with his sister-in-law,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MANSummary: Parenting is no joke! In this light-hearted family film, one dad shakes off a mid-life crisis and reconnects with his family, with his Bible in one hand and his phone in the other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: GVN Releasing 2020
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SELAmen, Daniel G.
Summary: "Read aloud the story of Little Bear and his friends as they have a big day at the beach, then return home to eat dinner, take their baths, and head to bed, falling gently to sleep alongside your little one. Written by a bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist, this cozy bedtime book uses visualization techniques in the storytelling that encourage children to stretch and even exhaust their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondekidz, a trademark of Zondervan 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E AMEFrankel, Laurie
Summary: When Rosie and Penn and their four boys welcome the newest member of their family, no one is surprised it's another baby boy. At least their large, loving, chaotic family knows what to expect. But Claude is not like his brothers. One day he puts on a dress and refuses to take it off. He wants to bring a purse to kindergarten. He wants hair long enough to sit on. When he grows up, Claude says,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Frankel, Laurie
Summary: "This is how a family keeps a secret ... and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after ... until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how children change ... and then change the world. When Rosie and Penn and their four boys welcome the newest member of their family, no one is surprised it's another baby boy. At least their large, loving,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2018
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC FRAFromm, Pete
Summary: "A taciturn carpenter has been too busy putting the final details on others' homes to pay much attention to his own fixer-upper. But when his wife becomes pregnant with their first child, he realizes he'll need to apply his art closer to home. For Taz and Marnie, their dreams are coming into focus, sustained by their deep sense of love and now family. The blueprint for the perfect life eludes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Fromm 2019Coffelt, Nancy.
Summary: A child describes how she lives sometimes with her mother and sometimes with her father, but her dog is her constant companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CofGroen, Hendrik
Summary: "Nine years before the events of the #1 international bestseller The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old, Hendrik and his best friend Evert embark on a madcap adventure -- with an unexpected guest. Hendrik Groen and Evert Duiker, faithful friends in good and bad times, are well over seventy and their lives have quieted down. They see each other once a week to play chess, have a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GROBell, Matt
Summary: Escaping the busy confusion of his homeland and moving to an almost-uninhabited lakeshore where he plans on living simply and raising a family, a man descends into rage, obsession, and an abstract sense of reality when his wife suffers multiple miscarriages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELDart, Iris Rainer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DARGoodman, Thea.
Summary: Follows a young couple over one life-changing weekend during which the husband flees lower Manhattan with his newborn daughter for a weekend in the Caribbean, while his wife tries to recapture who she was before the baby.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2013
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GOOHrab, Naseem
Summary: ""This home is home because my dad is here, and it's nothing like home because my mom isn't here," thinks the boy in this story when he enters his dad's new apartment for the first time. His dad moved out on Monday and now it's Friday night, the start of his weekend with his dad. The boy and his dad follow their normal weekend routine -- they eat eggs for breakfast, play cards and spend time at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HRACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HRALamott, Anne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fawcett Columbine 1993
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Place a hold to request this item.Miller, Emily Jeanne.
Summary: Leaving his wife after discovering her with another man, stay-at-home dad Logan packs up his four-year-old son and embarks on a journey that takes him to his late father's cabin, where he seeks unexpected redemption at the side of his father's young widow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILSteel, Danielle.
Summary: A young woman overnight becomes mother to her sister's three small children. Grown now, each of them will choose a different path. Through it all, one thing will remain: family ties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Display, Call number: FIC STESummary: Burt and Verona are a loving couple. Burt has always wanted to marry Verona, but Verona resists, not seeing the point of the institution. Regardless, they are having a baby together and question their potential parenting abilities. They decide to move closer to Burt's parents so they can share the experience with the baby's grandparents. In Verona's sixth month, she and Burt learn that his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009